Wrong, it was a good thing. Zac was just one of several supporting characters in this series, which wasn't even on a major network. If he had stuck with this, he wouldn't have been able to start his movie career. For example, he would have been shooting the third season of Summerland instead of performing in Hairspray -- just like Sophia Vergara, who had to drop out of The Paperboy because she was locked into her TV series and they had to start shooting the new season.